Hello Everyone !! First and foremost I would like to say thank you, I appreciate and admire the community that I have found here and the willingness to help each other.

Basics About Myself, my name is Rj and I am from California's Bay Area.
I am a young full time college student and I work full time, just balancing the hustle and bustle of everyday life. I am constantly reading and gathering information that has been so generously provided by the community here.
I have a 2005 Jaguar S-type 4.2 N/A with about 104,--- miles, I purchased the car a few days prior to turning 18 and receiving my license and I have joyfully driven her as my daily driver since. I worked, waited and saved for two years for my first car to be a Jaguar and I am still very much in love with my car to this day.

After years of observing I would like to participate and contribute in the few ways I can. I have recently began planning repairs and maintenance and wanted to post the pictures to help others in the DIY process for the visual learners like myself. So once again Hello and thank you,

 

Welcome to the forum, pretty cool first car. My first car cost $60 in 1983(you don't want to know what it was).
I had to have 30 odd cars before I got Jaguar.

 

Hello & welcome , great to see you here ...

 

Welcome.

My first car was a Jaguar, waaaaay back in Dec 1967, a MK7 manual, all for $300, which was 3 weeks wages.

Those S Types are simply awesome.

Keep up the maintenance, listen to the car, and if it sounds odd, it probably is, and a QUICK time sort of that oddity will always save you heaps of $$. Leave it till "later", and pay the ferryman, as they say.

 

Welcome to the forum, as you've found, there is plenty of info and support here

Sounds like you know your way around the tech sections and look forward to your upcoming DIY posts

you can also check out the Western US regional section for local news/events:

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enjoy!!

 

Welcome to Jaguar Forums Rj,

Good to have you with us.
Enjoy the forum.

If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.
If you need help with getting around and using the forum follow this link for some help Forum Help

 

Welcome to the forum Rj,

Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums.

It sounds like you already know your way to the S-Type the tech section so there's no need for a link to it from me. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top there is a good place to start for info on regular issues.

Looking forward to your DIY posts.

Enjoy the forums.

Graham

 

Im quite intrigued to know what car was obtained with 60 bucks, hell after growing up some id buy a 60 dollar car and showboat my haggling skills lol.
Definetely a fantastic first car well worth all the hard work and self control not to spend the money I was saving for it.

 

Thank you Five, it feels great to be here and long over due.

 

[QUOTE=Grant Francis;953539]Welcome.

My first car was a Jaguar, waaaaay back in Dec 1967, a MK7 manual, all for $300, which was 3 weeks wages.

Those S Types are simply awesome.

Keep up the maintenance, listen to the car, and if it sounds odd, it probably is, and a QUICK time sort of that oddity will always save you heaps of $$. Leave it till "later", and pay the ferryman,

They are amazing machines, we set the bars pretty high for any replacement or substitute cars. Three weeks ?? If I was able to acquire one within three weeks it wouldnt have lasted very long in my destructive and devious hands

 

[QUOTE=Rambunctious Jaguar;953881] Forgot to add, I am very paranoid to clunks ticks anything slightky out of the ordinary

 

Yes indeed Norrie that was the second thing I did, I also added a picture it's somewhat small my original intention was for its use as my avatar
I will check the link as soon as I have my laptop handy, thank you

 

[QUOTE=GGG;953864]Welcome to the forum Rj,

Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums.

It sounds like you already know your way to the S-Type the tech section so there's no need for a link to it from me. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top there is a good place to start for info on regular issues.

Looking forward to your DIY posts.

Enjoy the forums.

Graham[/QUOTE

Thank you Graham I have the s-type forum bookmarked on my phone, tablet and laptop. The forum is always a good read full of interesting knowledge and great people,

I am a little nervous about posting diys but ill gain confidents, after reading so many excellent posts here its a little intimidating,

As a seasonal surveyor from the stands of a gladiators arena, stepping foot inside and partipating is a new world or nervousness and challenge. Lol just my random babble

 

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Thank you sklimii I am anxious to do my first right up I am almost done gathering all my parts and info shouldnt be too long school and work allowing. And I am very interested in attending a meet I will definetrly look into that thank you

 

Hello Jim, I am excited to join the community thank you for
the warm welcome and the upgrade. I will definitely enjoy exploring
the site and learning as much as I can.
I look forward to attending and meeting fellow enthusiasts & networking.
Im from San Jose and Im pretty sure I've ran across posts of fellow members
located in the bay area so thatll be cool, well its time to hit the books
Thank you once again and have a good one everybody !

 

welcome and enjoy the board